Baron

Baron
First Seen	Fire Emblem Gaiden
Promotes From	Knight (FE2/15)
Promotes To	Spartan (FE15 only)
Usable Weapon Types	Lance (FE2) All but Light/Dark Magic (FE4/5)
Class Skills	Great Shield
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The Baron (バロン) is a armored class first introduced in Fire Emblem Gaiden. Originally wielders of Lances as their sole weapon of choice in their first iteration, Barons are later given the versatility to wield all types of physical weapons and almost all types of magic in the Jugdral Series.

History in the Series

In Gaiden, Barons are the third-tier promotion of the Soldier line. An Armor character could class change into the Baron class any time after reaching level 10. They are essentially Lance-wielding Generals with high Strength and Defense and low Speed, using modified map sprites of the General class from the prior game. 

In Genealogy of the Holy War, the Baron is an enemy-only class that is able to wield Swords, Lances, Axes, Bows and Staves, as well as Fire, Wind and Thunder magic, losing only to the Master Knight class in versatility. They have high Strength and Defense, and they are also granted the formidable Great Shield skill as their class skill.

In Thracia 776, Barons continue the same role they had in Genealogy as powerful enemy generals that can use many weapons In this game, Barons are the only class to possess Great Shield as a base skill. There is unused data for a female Baron within the game.

In the Fire Emblem: Trading Card Game adaptation, due to the rules of the game making it so classes could only have a maximum of 4 weapon types, Barons are split into two variants. One that uses physical weapons, and another variant that uses magical weapons.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga has an unfinished armor class that appears to be Baron despite being unnamed. This class had the ability to use all weapons but Light Magic. Due to being unfinished the class has no battle animations and uses the battle animation of a dismounted Kings Knight.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, the remake of Gaiden, again has Baron as a stand-in for General. Instead of the Pavise skill, Barons now have heavy armor which halves damage from bows. With the DLC content installed, level 20 Barons are capable of promoting to the Spartan class which learns the Phalanx skill that functions like the Pavise skill of old.

In-Game

Base Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE2	40	22	-	6	4	0	18	7	4	-	-	Lance
FE4	45	12	7	7	7	0	12	7	5	-	-	A A A A A A A A
FE5	26	10	3	6	3	0	15	-	6	10	-	D D D D D D D D
FE15	40	22	-	6	4	0	18	7	4	-	-

Maximum Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE2	52	40	-	40	40	40	40	40	4	-	-	Lance
FE4	80	27	22	22	22	30	27	22	5	-	-	A A A A A A A A
FE5	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	-	20	20	-	A A A A A A A A
FE15	40	40	-	40	40	40	40	40	6	-	-

Growth Rates

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE2	150%	50%	-	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	-	-	-	-
FE4	100%	30%	10%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	-	-	-	-
FE15	120%	50%	-	50%	30%	0%	50%	0%	-	-	-	-

Class Skills

	Skill	Requirements
FE4	Great Shield	Class skill of the Baron class.
FE5	Great Shield	Class skill of the Baron class.
FE15	Heavy Armor	Class skill of the Baron class.

Promotions

	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FE2	Armor	Visit a shrine when the appropriate level has been reached.	Baron
FE15	Knight	Visit a shrine when the appropriate level has been reached.	Baron
FE15	Baron	Visit the Altar of the Titan when the relevant unit reaches Level 20.	Spartan

Notable Barons

Gaiden

• Desaix - A treacherous knight of Zofia.
• Possible promotion for: Lukas, Forsyth, Valbar, Villagers* and Mercenaries/Sword Fighters**.

* - If one of the villagers promote into Soldiers .
** - If one of the Mercenaries promote into Dread Fighters, they can promote back into the Villager class.

Genealogy of the Holy War

• Chagall - King of Agustria during the first generation.
• Maios - Youngest brother of the late King of Silesse and uncle of Lewyn.
• Daccar - Younger brother of the the late King of Silesse and uncle of Lewyn.
• Lombard - Duke of Dozel during the first generation. Father of Lex and Danan and grandfather of Iuchar, Iucharba and Brian.
• Reptor - Duke of Freege during the first generation and prime minister of Grannvale. Father of Bloom, Tailtiu, and Ethnia and grandfather of Tine, Arthur, Ishtar, Ishtor, Amid and Linda.
• Bloom - Duke of Freege during the second generation.
• Danann - King of Isaach from the Battle of Barhara to Seliph's uprising in Isaach.

Thracia 776

• Cowen - Father of Aida and grandfather of Saias.
• Paulus - One of the generals of Freege responsible for leading the attack on Tahra.
• Gustav
• Barat - A general of Freege who attempts to retake Leonster from Leif's forces.
• Wolf - A general who is assigned by Bloom to lead the pursuit of those who survived Dorias' failed charge on Alster Castle.
• Raydrik - The leader of Conote Army and ruler of Manster.

Trivia

• Barons have an unused red palette in Genealogy of the Holy War for player units. A similar color palette is later used in Thracia 776.

See also

• Knight
• General
• Marshall
• Emperor

Gallery

Concept artwork of the Baron class from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Concept artwork of the Baron class from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

A Level 20 Baron of the Friege Gelben Ritter, as he appears in the Anthology series of the TCG.

Generic class portrait of the Baron class from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Generic class portrait of the Baron class from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Village sprite of a Baron in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Desaix as a Baron in Gaiden.

Battle model of a Baron from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Battle model of a generic enemy Baron from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Map sprite of a Baron from Gaiden.

Map sprite of a Baron from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Map sprite of an enemy Baron from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Map sprite of a Baron from Thracia 776.

Map sprite of the unused Baron like class in Tearring Saga